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ЛЕКЦІЯ 9

THE COMPOSITE AND THE COMPLEX SENTENCE IN
THE CONTRASTIVE LANGUAGES

OUTLINES:

1. The subject clause
2. The predicative clause
3. The object/objective clause
4. Attributive clauses
5. Adverbial clauses

Key words: complex, attributive clauses, adverbial clauses,
objective clause, poly-predicative nature.

1. The subject clause / Підметове підрядне речення

The complex sentence, like the simple and compound
sentences, presents a universal unit in the syntactic systems of all
5, 651 languages of the world. Consequently, this type of the
composite sentence has some isomorphic features of its own. In
the contrasted languages they are as follows:
1) the complex sentence has a poly-predicative nature;
2) it is characterized by the subordinate way of joining the
clauses to the principal/matrix clause;
3) it may consist of homogeneous clauses or of
consecutively dependent clauses joined to the matrix clause or to
each other syndetically or asyndetically;
4) the arsenal of syndetic means of connection includes
conjunctions, connective pronouns, connective adverbs and
subordinating connective words;
5) the connectors join clauses and express some logical-
grammatical relations formed within the complex sentence. These

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